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PUNKROCKPAPERSCISSORS is a one-of-a-kind tribute to '80s punk rock andhardcore, archiving over 600 show flyers that exemplify the scene's unfetteredcreativity and DIY ethic. The flyers feature Northeastern U.S. clubs such as thelegendary CBGB, City Gardens, The Showplace, The Pipeline, The Pyramid, Wally'sPlace, The Ritz, and more. Reproduced in this 240-page, oversized bookare flyers for some of punk rock's most influential important bands, includingDead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Agnostic Front,AOD, Fear, GBH, Murphy's Law, Warzone, Kraut, and hundreds more. Also featuredis a section dedicated to Black Flag and an "All Danzig" section,focusing on Samhain, The Misfits, and Danzig. Raw and rough, reproducedin scratchy black-and-white on photocopiers and plastered on walls and windows,these hand-made advertisements represent the raucous world of punk hardcore inthe 1980s. And now for the first time, with PUNKROCKPAPERSCISSORS, they're beingarchived as an important record of an indelible creativemovement.
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